DOLLY IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 18 MPH...30 KM/HR. A GRADUAL DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN THE DIRECTION OF MOTION. ON THIS TRACK...DOLLY WILL BE APPROACHING THE COAST OF THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO BY TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.

REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST...AND DOLLY COULD BECOME A HURRICANE BY TOMORROW.

she became a Cat 2 hurricane in a very short amount of time Tuesday night into Wednesday morning before she roared ashore yesterday...

what amazed me was that she maintained her eyewall for hours even after coming onshore... I understood why Katrina did that over Florida with the everglades and all, but there aren't any of those in southern Texas... so for her to maintain that impressive eye for over 6 hours was... amazing...

The nice folks at the weather channel said she was the strongest hurricane to hit the US since Wilma in '05...

I imagine there will be flooding inland associated with her, too... and hopefully the Rio Grande levees will hold...